The U.S. Forest Service has contracted to use it again this year. The aircraft is stationed at McClellan Air Force Base outside Sacramento, and the Forest Service is just waiting on a software upgrade ...
FILE - In this July 30, 2010, file photo, a Boeing Evergreen B-747 Supertanker drops fire retardant over a hillside subdivision on the outskirts of Palmdale, Calif. A report released Friday, Sept. 14, ...